process of making a mistake and point
him in the right direction, rather than your
having to keep punishing him. In this way,
your companion will learn to obey you in
a co-operative spirit rather than as a result
of fear.
Cleanliness
A normal puppy learns the basics of
cleanliness very quickly if he is trained
properly.
Keep an eye on your puppy after meals
and waking up when he will be on the
lookout for somewhere to answer the call
of nature.
When he starts to look around and sniff
at the ground or even squat down inside
the house, immediately trigger the collar.
Take him straight out and put him wherever
you want him to defecate and urinate. Give
him time to reconcentrate and then
enthusiastically congratulate him once he
has finished in the right spot. The first few
times, you can give him a treat while
congratulating him. This strategy should
avoid any problems but, if they persist,
consult your veterinarian.
Heel
Your puppy is discovering the world around
him. Any moving object or new smell
attracts his attention and sometimes when
you call him he ignores you because he
finds what he is doing more interesting;
perhaps he is so absorbed that he does
not even hear you. MasterPlus
®
PRO can
be used to distract him so that he pays
attention to you. Immediately after
pressing the button, provide something
that will attract him; crouch down, call
him cheerfully, open your arms and, most
importantly, give him an enthusiastic cuddle
to reward him for coming back because,
otherwise, he might think that you
tricked him. Always remember to let him
go quickly so that coming back to heel
is a pleasure rather than a trap.
Walking to heel
Training a dog to walk at heel works in
the same way as that for coming to heel
but requires more concentration on the
part of the dog and it is therefore
recommended not to undertake it within
the first few months.
During the training, MasterPlus
®
PRO can
be used to reattract the attention of the
dog whenever he is distracted by
anything e.g. every time he sees a bird.
The safest strategy is to start the training
with a leather or synthetic leash of about
1 metre in length or an adjustable leash
locked in position. Thus your dog will learn
that it is easier for him to walk along close
to your leg than to go wandering off.
Congratulate him verbally or by petting
when he walks by your side as he is
supposed to. Whenever he goes beyond
your knee, give him a firm verbal “No” and,
at the same time, give the leash a brief
twitch. The leash should be slack when
the dog is behaving well and should be
allowed to slacken immediately following
the twitch. Once the dog has begun to walk
at heel, his education can be reinforced
with MasterPlus
®
PRO. The spray should
be set off if the command “No” is not obeyed
i.e. if the dog pretends not to have heard
it. This affords more flexibility than does
using a leash and as soon as you are away
from traffic you can let him run around
with other dogs.
Do not jump
What is more irritating than a dog who
jumps all over people to greet them? If
this is to be avoided, prevention is easier
than cure and puppies have to be
taught when very young that there are
other ways of welcoming humans.
Ask friends to come in and as soon as
the puppy takes to his rear paws,
trigger the collar and tell him to sit. When
he is obedient, ask your friends to
congratulate the dog.
If you need to retrain your dog i.e. get rid
of an already established bad habit, proceed
in the same way but training may take
longer.
2 - Particular problems:
retraining adult dogs
Not to stray off property
or into traffic
MasterPlus
®
PRO provides the ideal
stimulus to stop him.
Using MasterPlus
®
PRO you can even create
boundaries for your dog such as not to
leave the kerb or stray onto the vegetable
garden.
Do not chase
Chasing vehicles, joggers, cats or wildlife
is dangerous and should be interrupted
the moment a dog begins to run. This type
of training requires good instincts and
reflexes in you the owner and, if possible,
the collaboration of friends driving cars,
bikes or jogging. If the bad behaviour can
be provoked by stooges, the training will
be achieved more quickly.
Preventing aggressive behaviour
Dogs act aggressively to defend
their territory, status, food or their favourite
companion. In such cases, MasterPlus
®
PRO
can be an essential re-educative tool, but
cannot be relied upon to stop a dog known
to be dangerously aggressive. It is
essential that advice be sought from your
veterinarian or from a suitably qualified
training professional before a treatment
strategy with the MasterPlus
®
PRO begins.
Under veterinary supervision, MasterPlus
®
PRO has been tested in the treatment of
dogs that have attacked other dogs in public
places. In combination with a course of
drugs, it worked well in 90% of cases within
5 weeks whereas traditional behavioural
therapy with the same drugs was only
effective in 20% of cases.
Do not pick things up,
do not steal
Some dogs want to pick up and trophy
objects and edibles. This can be
discouraged by setting off the collar at
the moment he starts to sniff the object,
even before he picks it up.
A study was recently carried
out to measure the efficacy of MasterPlus
®
PRO in training dogs to ignore pieces of
potentially dangerous bait. After 5 weeks
with two training sessions per week, 90%
of the dogs ate less than 15% of the bait
and 80% ate none. The traditional
method consists of throwing a metal chain
down close to the dog in order to interrupt
him but this method was only effective
in 20% of cases with respect to eating
less than 15% of the bait and in 0% of
cases if the criterion was complete
inhibition.
Do not dig, Do not chew
MasterPlus
®
PRO can also be used to
interrupt a dog that is chewing furniture
or digging up the garden. However, always
offer him an alternative like a bone to gnaw
on or an indestructible toy to chew.
3 - What are the limitations of the
device?
No dog training method or product
can be a 100% effective cure-all.
Those which claim to be should be regarded
with scepticism rather than enthusiasm.
MasterPlus
®
PRO has been scientifically
validated by experts in animal behaviour.
They have shown that most failures in
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